Tie holder and retainer



M. W. REESE.

TIE HOLDER AND RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21. 1920.

1,409,027. Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

WITNESSES INVENTOR A7 7 ,W ZZEBL 14/227555 E BY I l rji i V 1 A TTORNEYS PATENT OFFICE.

- MERL W. REESE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

, TIE HOLDER AND RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Application filed September 21, 1920. Serial No. 411,710.

T 0 aZl'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MERL W. Rnnsn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tie Holder and Retainer, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invention relates to neck ties, and has particular reference to a tie holder and retaining device, designed especially for use in connection with soft collars.

The invention contemplates and has for its principal object to provide a tie former and holder which will so closely simulate a hand tied tie, as to render its detection therefrom practically impossible.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which includes means carried thereby which constitutes a securing element for fastening the same to the wings of the collar, which means may simulate any one of a number of soft collar fastening devices now in general use.

A further aim of the invention is to construct and provide a device of the character described which embodies the features of simplicity, durability, efficiency and cheapness of production.

WVith the above recited objects and others in view, some of which will clearly appear hereafter, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front view of a collar illustrating the tie holder and retaining device in applied position with the tie formed and arranged thereon.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the tie holding and retaining device removed from the tie and collar.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view therethrough taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the same illustrating the application of the same to the collar.

Figure 5 is a similar view thereof illustrating a modified form of the retaining device.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 and 11 designate the front portion or wings of the outer fold of a collar and 12 a tie of the four-in-hand type having the usual knot 13. The tie holder is preferably constructed of a pair of identi- Cally formed T-shaped members lt and 15 each of which is provided with the aligned laterally extending wings 16 and the depending portion 17. The members 14 and 15 are preferably constructed of a flexible fibre board or similar material and receive therehetween a stiffening member 18 which is provided with the lateral wings 19 and a depending arm 20, the free terminal of which extends beyond the depending portions 17 and is turned upwardly to lie directly behind the vertical center of the same. The space between the free terminal of the arm 20 and depending portions 1'7 affords a space to permit of the tieing of the knot of the tie when forming the same. A suitable securing and retaining element is secured to the free terminal of the arm 20 and as illustrated in the preferred form, said retaining element consists of a pair of strips 21 and 22 riveted to the opposite faces of the terminal of said arm to provide laterally disposed spring clamps 23. The stiffening member 18 and the T-shaped member 19 may be secured together in any desired manner, the same being here illustrated as a transverse tubular rivet 2 1.

In use of the device, the tie 12 is formed upon the T-shaped members, with the knot 13 arranged over and covering the major portion of the same and if desired the uncovered portions of the laterally extending wings-16 may be covered with similar material of which the tie is formed. After the tie has been formed on the T-shaped member, it may be readily applied to the collar by inserting the wings 16 between the inner and outer folds of the collar and engaging the clamps 23 over the edge of the same. In forming the tie a loose knot 13 is preferably made in order to closely simulate a hand tied tie and in order to differentiate the same from the ordinary precisely tied neck ties which are in common use. The device is intended particularly for use in connection with soft collars and the retaining device materially assists in preventing detection from the casual observer.

Referring to Figure 5 of the drawings the tie forming member is of identical formation to the showing made in the preceding figures, the only difference therein being in the substitution of the usual form of a bar pin 25 in lieu of the strips 21 and 22.

The foregoing description as well as the drawings are merely illustrative and it is 5 are expressed and by variations in the phrase-- understood that the right is reserved to em bodiments other than those actually'shown, to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims the knot'of which the laterally disposed wings thereofare adapted to protrude for reception between the folds of a collar, the remaining depending wing of said member protruding from the lower end of the knot V at the rear of the tie and having an upturned extremity, and means carried by said upturned extremity adapted to engage the opposite wings ofthe collar for securing and retaining the device in associated relation therewith.- s

' MERL W. REESE. 

